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{ "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "tog", "2": "chipura" }, "expansion": "Tonga (Malawi) chipura", "name": "cog" } ], "etymology_text": "Cognate with Tonga (Malawi) chipura. Potentially from -pula (“to remove from a fire”). This could describe the process of making a knife, referring to heating the metal before taking it off the fire.", "forms": [ { "form": "zipula", "tags": [ "class-8", "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "chipula", "2": "7" }, "expansion": "chipula class 7 (plural zipula class 8)", "name": "ny-noun" } ], "lang": "Chichewa", "lang_code": "ny", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "langcode": "ny", "name": "Knives", "orig": "ny:Knives", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "derived": [ { "english": "galaxy", "word": "chipulausiku" } ], "glosses": [ "knife" ], "id": "en-chipula-ny-noun-PU0QHNfq", "links": [ [ "knife", "knife" ] ], "tags": [ "class-7" ] } ], "word": "chipula" }
{ "derived": [ { "english": "galaxy", "word": "chipulausiku" } ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "tog", "2": "chipura" }, "expansion": "Tonga (Malawi) chipura", "name": "cog" } ], "etymology_text": "Cognate with Tonga (Malawi) chipura. Potentially from -pula (“to remove from a fire”). This could describe the process of making a knife, referring to heating the metal before taking it off the fire.", "forms": [ { "form": "zipula", "tags": [ "class-8", "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "chipula", "2": "7" }, "expansion": "chipula class 7 (plural zipula class 8)", "name": "ny-noun" } ], "lang": "Chichewa", "lang_code": "ny", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Chichewa class 7 nouns", "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header", "Chichewa lemmas", "Chichewa nouns", "Chichewa terms with redundant head parameter", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries", "ny:Knives" ], "glosses": [ "knife" ], "links": [ [ "knife", "knife" ] ], "tags": [ "class-7" ] } ], "word": "chipula" }
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